Mattress holder



Jan. 26, 1932. Mh E, LEEK'ING 1,842,873 v MATTRESS HOLDER ,Filed July29. 193g nvenlor Patented Jan. 26, 1932 i UNITED STTES TPATENTQFMC MARYn. LEEKING, on Enza-BETH; :New JERSEY MATTRESS HOLDER Application fliedJuly 29, 1930. serial No. 471,478. l

This invention relates to improvements in mattress holders for hospitalsor sick beds.

lt will be appreciated that in hospital beds wherein the springs areconstructed of several adjustable sections to enable the propping up ofa patient, that the mattress has a tendency to creep or Work down towardthe foot of the bed. This necessitates the frequent lifting of thepatient to enable the shifting ofthe mattress back toward the head ofthe bed and which requires the services changing of the bed clothes.

Another object is the provision of a mattress holder for beds in whichsets of straps have their respective ends detachably counected to thespring frame and mattress, and

which permits the turning and reversal of the mattress as 1s the usualcustom.

A. stiil further object is to provide a mattress holder which is simpleof construction, inexpensive of manufacture and which may be applied tobeds and mattresses now Vin use without requiring any radical changes inthe construction thereof.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thecertain. novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, theessential 'features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claim and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hospital bed showing the spring inan adjusted position and with parts of the mattress broken away insection.

Figure 2 is an enlarged yside elevation Vof the mattress.

vFigure 3 is an enlarged detail verticalsectional view on the lineB-S ofFigure 2.

' Figure L is 'a detail elevational View of one ofthe 'supportingstrapsReferring tofthe1 drawings by reference characters, the numeral 10designates a hospital bed "of the lconventional type which ilcludesanadjustablespring composed of a foldable head spriiw section 11,- afoldable foot spring section 12, and intermediate foldable springsection 13. It will be appreciated that When the sections 11, 12,`andl13 are in a loweredpositi'on, they provide a flat surface for thesupport of the mattress 14C', but

by raising the several sections the spring may beadjusted to accommodatealpatient in a sitting orpartially sitting position.

`The mattress 1li is provided with spaced sets of eye members 15 alongopposite sides thereof, the said "members being connected means tobepresently described maybe used irrespective as to whichsideof themattress is face up or whichend is disposed at the headjand foot end ofthe? bed.

yThe end bars 16of the head spring section 1l andof the foot springsection 12 are each o provided withspaced openings 17, the saidlopenings being disposed at equaldistances on the upper and lower endsof the lmattress 14. gA

Y to the sides ofthe mattress by fabric tabs 1'6 In View of the factthat the eye members 15 are disposed at the sides of the mattress, thestraps 19 of each set will be disposed in converging relation withrespect to each other, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.With the mattress connected to the springs in this manner anyA tendencyof the mattress to shift or crease toward the foot end of the reason ofconnecting opposite sides of the mattress to the springs through themedium of the respective sets of straps.

It will be noted that the straps 19 are disposed beneath the mattress tobe concealed from view, andthey do not interfere with the folding of thesheets and :other'be'd- Clothing beneath the mattress when the bed ismade up for use. As previously stated, by reason of the spaced relationofthe eyemembersfl, the mattress may be turned around and reversed so ast0 change its positionv with `respect to the spring, and still beconnected to the springs by the respective sets of straps. Thisinvention will prevent the effort noWTequired inorder-to rearrange:armattress upon the `springs caused b v fshiftingfof .the same which isa hardshiptonursesaand other attendants to thesiek and invalid.

While -rI haveshown :and described what .I deem to bel the mostdesirable. embodiment of myinvention, Irwishit to bennderstood that`various changes in construction mayberesorted-'to if desired,,andthfat'I do not-Wishto limit ymyself I-to the details :shown anddescribed, nor to anythingless thanfthe -whole of my: invention limitedOnlybv the appended claim.

Having thus desoribedwtheinventionfwhat 1I olaim las "newanddesiretorsecure-by:Letters Patentis- In combination Withza bed havingafoldable and :adjustable ,bed spring, .a :mattress supportedupen saidAspring,admible' row or' l,eve.membersattached-- tdeaeh;` side: ofthegmats-ress, ,fone-row -being arranged adj aeent-one face of i themattress :and `the other adj acent theotherffaeeatheend fmemberseoflthes'prilflg,r

iframe having` holes therein 'adjacent v`their peuters, and a.pairofstraps or each=end of fthe bed-each strap havlnjgfahook ateadh=end thereof, onelhookfadapted toiengage-a hole vin .the -spring eframe mnd :the `otherzan eye mem- .berojf a row-,at .the bottomof `themattress, ,said straps extending diagonally from the :ends 4Ofthe :bed`to the -sides fthereof and being .located -under athe mattress.

4In testimony Awhereof I affix mysignature.

MARY E. LEEKINGC.

